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Well you can watch shana 1 on tv links i guess, but from what i hear the movie is just a retell of season one so i guess you could watch that instead, but the movie was just getting more people to watch it i supose

I've got a small question.
I've recently gotten into this series by reading volume 1 of the manga and I'm planning to pick up the anime series sooner or later.
Is it a good idea to watch the first season instead of jumping off towards the newest second season?

The short answer: yes, it's up to you, but it never hurts to know as much as possible about what's gone on beforehand if you decide to jump into the middle of the story.

I'm not sure how much material the first manga volume covers, but...

Spoiler for information regarding the gap between the Shana movie and SnS II, without going into specifics:

...Shana is arc-driven rather than episodic, so there are characters in the later parts of the anime series' first season that are bound to return in significant roles sooner or later in the second season. (Having watched episode 1 of SnS II, I can think of a couple of characters whose presence would be more or less inexplicable to a total novice.) As a result, you'll probably miss some of these characters altogether if you jump straight from the first manga volume into SnS II, and even assuming some level of recap down the road, there's a good chance you'll be left wondering about the appearances, backgrounds, and motivations of several key players in Shana's universe.

If you haven't seen the first season, I would highly recommend that you watch at least the movie: it takes an hour and a half to retell the events of the first six episodes, and you'll be able to familiarize yourself with the protagonists and some of the basic workings of the world. Be mindful, however, that the end of the movie is merely the beginning of the Shana story; to fill in all the blanks, you'll need to know what happens between the end of the movie and the beginning of SnS II, a span of several books in the light novel series and eighteen episodes, less filler, of the anime. It's an awful lot to gloss over, and I think you'll enjoy the second season more if you watch the first season to get even a general sense of everything that's happened thus far. Besides, the first season is enjoyable in its own right.

edit: I don't mean to say that watching the series through is the only way to catch up on the story, especially since Shana exists in several types of media. Reading the novels would be another solution, as would reading as much of the manga as has been released, as would finding a synopsis. It does make a certain sense to watch the first anime season as a natural precursor to the second--all of the adaptations differ from one another, so you'll find some disjoint amongst novel, manga and anime--but in any case I'm just trying to advocate the idea that the more you know, the better prepared you'll be.

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There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.

The beginning follows the same formula of 'seemingly normal boy has his life turned upside down due to a chance encounter with a girl who has mysterious powers', but there is more to it. Shana uses a sword in battle, but she is pretty much the only one using a sword. This isn't about sword fights per se. But no - the majority of characters are most certainly not 'normal'. Not nearly as action-oriented as Bleach.

I'd say that it is nothing at all like Bleach. Shows like Bleach focus on battle or getting ready for battle while relationship is just a spice to flavor it. By contrast Shakugan no Shana is largely focused on relationships and mysteries where battle is the spice that flavors it.

That doesn't mean you won't like it. To answer your specific questions, most of the characters do not use swords and the main characters are teenagers.

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So if this is Shana II, what's Shana I, and do I need to watch it, and how does the movie fit into all this?

Shakugan no Shana I was a 24 episode TV series that aired 2 year ago.

Shakugan no Shana II is a new TV series which is currently airing. It is the second season of the same show. It picks up after episode 24 of the first season.

Shakugan no Shana Movie is a movie length retelling of the first 6 episodes of Shana I. It is the first story arc and introduces the characters.

You do need to watch Shana I to completely understand Shana II. There are no optional episodes you can skip since everything has some relevance to the story. If you are impatient you can watch the Shana movie since that does tell the story of the first story arc so it will at least introduce you to the characters.

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